Bolt-board.



G. M. WALKER, JR.

BOLT BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED Nov.I9. 1914.

l,l76,1 13. Patented. Mar. 21, 1916.

f {formo} GRANVILLE M. WALKER, JR., 0F CHCAGO, ILLINOIS.

BOLT-BORD.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented Mar. 2l, 319th?.

Application tiled November 19, 1914. Serial No. 872,861.

To alla-710m it may concern Be it known that l, GRANVILLE M. VAL- Kirn, Jr., a citizen of the-United States. residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful improvement in Bolt- Boards, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in bolt boards and has for one object to provide a new and improved board for carrying cloth and other similar material.

Another object is to provide a convenient and satisfactory means for carrying and making use of samples of material on the board.

Other objects of my invention will appear from time to time in my specification.

My invention is illustrated more or less diagrammaticallv in the accompanying drawing, wherein- Figure 1 is a plan of the bolt board before the sample is placed in position: Fig. 2 is a plan view of the bolt board with the sample in place: Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line 8 3 of Fig. 2: Fig. 4 is an end View of the bolt board with the goods wrapped around it.; Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2: Fig. 6 is a similar view to Fig. 5 of a modified form of a bolt board.

Like parts are indicated by like letters throughout the several figures.

A is a bolt board. lt may he made of wood cr cardboard or liber or of any other suitable material provided only that it is stiff enough to support the bolt of cloth B which is wrapped around it.

C. C1 are .frrooi'es on the opposed sides of the board. lt, will be noted that one of the grooves extends throughout the entire length of the board but the other terminates at a little distance short of one end. The groves also intersect at the other end of the board a little distance inside that end so that the sample strip D which is doubled endwise around the board inside the bolt is occupied hv and located in these two groores but is adiacent. its two free ends clamped between the bolt itself and the flat surfaces of the hoard.

E is a smooth curved sur-face at the intersecton of the two slots to provide a smocth hearing surface around which the sample may pass when it is drawn out as indicated in dotted lines. It will be noted that as the sample is drawn out one end gees back and the other comes forward, but that one end is always held and clamped so that the sample will not come away too freely and easily.

ln the modified form shown in Fig. 6. it will be noted that the slot C2 continues clear to the front end of the board and in this arrangement the sample is clamped only at one point.

M is a paper strip pasted on the bolt board A at one end either before or after the sample is put in place and carried around over the board and brought back over the other end and there again fastened so as to hold the sample strip in position while the cloth is being bolted. The holding functicn cf this strip is in addition to the holdinef of the sample strip by taeking or otherwise fastening it to the board itself and may or may not be used.

lt will lac evident that while l have shown in my drawings an operative devicen still many changes mightbe made both in size, shape and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of my invention. and I wish. therefore. that my drawings be regarded as in a sense diagrammatic.

The usD and operation of my invention are as follows: The sample which will be cut off the cloth by the manufacturer before it is folded will be placed around the fiat bolt board with its two ends proiecting beyond Jfhe front of the board and the bolt will then be wrapped about the lsample and the pressure of the holt will vieldina'ly hold the sample in position. 1When the sample is to be used the operator will seize one end and draw upon it is indicated thus drawing out a suitable length against resistance. This process will continue until the sample is used up without drawing upon or using the bolt itself.

rThe strip of paper or other material which is shown wrapped around the board longitudinally may be put in place before the strip is inserted or afterward as the case may be and will serve to protect the sample strip both while the cloth is beine bolted and later. In case of heavy rough fabrics this sample strip prevents too great frictional resistance to the drawing out of the sample strip.

I claim:

1. The combination with a bolt hoard having longitudinally slotted surfaces of a sample strip contained Withinv said slot pro' jecting beyondV the board at one end and means comprising a bolt of cloth surround-V ing the board for frictionally hold-ing the sample strip in position, the slots being entirely open and exposed'at all points.

2. |Ihe combination with a bolt board having Ylongitudinally slotted surfaces of a notch in one end of the board in line with said slots and a sample strip located Within both of said slots passing through said notch y and extending beyond the board at one end.

3. The combination with a bolt board having longitudinally slotted surfaces of a notch in one end of the board in line with said `slots and a sample strip located Within both of said slots passing through said notch and extending beyond the board at one end .in one end of the board in line with said slots and a sample strip located within both of said slots passingy through said notch and extendingV beyond the board at one end and means for holding said Ysample strip in position and an anti-friction guide in the base of said slot around which the sample strip may travel. l i

t 6. vA bolt hoard slotted on either side, one of said slots terminating short of the end of the board, a sample strip Woundv longitudi-V nally about the board located Within said slots, the bolt of cloth Wrapped transversely about the board. Yand resting against Vsaid sample strip and holding it frictionally in position.

7. A bolt board slotted on either: side. one i of said slots terminating short of the'end of the board, a sample strip Wound longitudi-A nally about the board locatedwithin said slots, the bolt of cloth Wrapped transversely i about the board and resting against said sample strip and holding it frictionally in position. the depth of the slots being substantially'the same as the thickness of the material.` f

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature in the presence of two VWitnesses this 13th day of November 1914A. Y 'Y Witnesses: v Y u y LAUREL M. DOREMUS? MINNIE M. VLINDENAU.

y -Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner ofY Patents,

Washington, D. C. v

GRANViLLE M. WALKER, JR,Y 

